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Salary analytics
Kennesaw State University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
9.1K
Employees
$12,985
Median salary
$36,366
Average salary
$96,894
90th percentile
$331,729,486
Total payroll
$4,069,708
Total travel
Salary by category
| Category | People | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal | 4 | $176,500 | $181,235 |
| Executive & Leadership | 560 | $93,608 | $107,439 |
| Public Safety | 72 | $80,001 | $70,467 |
| Teaching Faculty | 2.4K | $64,576 | $61,659 |
| Information Technology | 198 | $62,856 | $64,118 |
| Library | 46 | $62,122 | $56,275 |
| Healthcare | 15 | $58,200 | $59,339 |
| Research | 61 | $54,600 | $48,674 |
| Administrative & Professional | 1.3K | $47,500 | $41,887 |
| Athletics | 129 | $32,137 | $42,095 |
| Facilities & Trades | 628 | $27,118 | $28,051 |
| Engineering & Technical | 42 | $4,573 | $19,698 |
| Affiliate & Status | 64 | $3,865 | $6,746 |
| Students & Trainees | 3.6K | $2,759 | $5,815 |
| Other | 1 | $190 | $190 |
Salary distribution by faculty rank
Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2024. Ranks come from the normalized title. For the same view across all four institutions, see cross-institution distributions.
| Rank | People | 25th pct | Median | Mean | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| assistant professor | 275 | $82,047 | $94,700 | $101,498 | $119,385 |
| associate professor | 279 | $86,676 | $97,566 | $105,389 | $117,425 |
| professor | 295 | $96,759 | $113,534 | $121,003 | $140,455 |
| lecturer | 217 | $69,100 | $76,696 | $76,827 | $85,650 |
Top earners
- 1Kathy S Schwaig$493,000PRESIDENT
- 2Antoine Pettway$388,797HEAD COACH
- 3Ivan Pulinkala$363,000PROVOST
- 4Brian L Bohannon$346,000HEAD COACH
- 5Ian Ferguson$307,785DEAN AC
- 6Robin Cheramie Latino$306,334DEAN AC
- 7Karin Drotschmann Scarpinato$303,075VICE PRESIDENT
- 8Patricia Chastain$292,167EXEC CHIEF BUS/FIN/ADV OFFICER
- 9Lance Burchett$287,370VICE PRESIDENT
- 10Sheb Lee True$287,116VICE PROVOST
- 11Kojo Anzah Mensa-Wilmot$276,660PROFESSOR
- 12William Kenneth Harmon$265,286PROFESSOR
- 13Sumanth Yenduri$264,000DEAN AC
- 14Aaron D Howell$263,325CHIEF BUSINESS/FINANCE OFFICER
- 15Pamela B Cole$262,000VICE PROVOST
- 16Milton Overton Jr$260,000CHIEF ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR
- 17Monica Haavisto Swahn$258,000DEAN AC
- 18Adrian L Epps$258,000DEAN AC
- 19Dana R Hermanson$257,667PROFESSOR
- 20Roger Clinton Tutterow$249,543PROFESSOR
- 21Catherine E Kaukinen$248,000DEAN AC
- 22Michael E Whitman$246,706PROFESSOR
- 23Benjamin P Scafidi$244,696PROFESSOR
- 24Melih Madanoglu$243,446PROFESSOR
- 25Khawaja Asjad Saeed$238,467DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
Research output
Kennesaw State faculty matched to an OpenAlex scholarly profile (all-time, field-unadjusted; a research-active subset). See the cross-institution citations & compensation and research intensity by discipline.
1K
Matched profiles
668K
Total citations
37K
Total works
4
Median h-index
47%
With ORCID
Highest h-index (field-unadjusted)
- 144K citesh 95
- 282K citesh 77
- 317K citesh 59
- 47.7K citesh 52
- 59.9K citesh 48
- 69K citesh 46
- 76K citesh 46
- 86.7K citesh 45
- 97.1K citesh 43
- 1011K citesh 42